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Club Alliance is located prominently by the main gate of Yokosuka Navy Base (CFAY -- see link at bottom). It was built and opened in the early-1980s as a replacement for the Enlisted Men's Club (EM Club), which was in a 1930s-era building situated off-base, near Keikyu Railway's Shioiri Station. The old EM Club (also named "Alliance") operated from 1947 to 1980 and was the largest of its kind in the world. Once the old EM Club was demolished, Yokosuka City Government decided to build a large entertainment venue on the site -- and after a decade of planning & construction, in 1994, the Yokosuka Arts Theater (横須賀芸術劇場 / Yokosuka Geijustsu Geki-jo) was opened. Yokosuka Arts Theater is a large, world-class performance & concert facility. It is designed as an opera house, where 1,806 seats are arranged in a horseshoe pattern and includes four levels of high balconies. There is also a small theater called "The Bay Side Pocket", which seats 600 and is a multipurpose space with a flat level floor that can be used for a variety of activities. So, it is pretty amazing to realize that such an impressive theater complex, is located only a short walking distance from Yokosuka Navy Base. The schedule of performances at Yokosuka Arts Theater is always busy and the current line-up can be seen at the link provided below. Of interest, the old EM Club was known as a "Birthplace of Jazz in Japan", and that history is memorialized by a wonderful/dynamic live concert held every summer called: "Yokosuka Jazz Dreams". We hope you will have the opportunity to visit and enjoy Yokosuka Arts Theater!

written by Goodfield

Club Alliance : https://www.navymwryokosuka.com/.../0fa03f12-a05b-42c8...

Concerts and Performances Link : https://www.yokosuka-arts.or.jp/perfor.../ticket/index_e.php